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Can you explain why the GOP wants to make it harder to vote than to buy a gun? Why do we need to register to vote? It is a basic right, so why do we make it harder than owning a gun? We keep criminals from voting, so why not keep criminals from owning a gun? Can someone explain why?

Dave Barton

The difference between regulating driving and such to that of owning firearms is the Second Amendment. If you read and comprehend what our founders were saying, you would realize the government is trying to weaken our rights to protect ourselves. This is realistically power they do not have, and to do so is infringing on a right we were born with ... The ability to own firearms largely kept the Japanese from invading during World War II. Why attempt to punish law-abiding citizens for what lunatics do? None of these proposed regulations would have done anything to prevent the Sandy Hook, Aurora, and many other tragedies.

William Worsham Jr.

Gun regulations have existed as long as guns have, especially since the states have a great deal of power to regulate them constitutionally. As for our founders, this is very clear. Congress may not have the right to infringe, though as our country has become more united, that has changed over the years, but states surely do. Now, let me address certain historical fallacies about World War II. Our gun ownership never kept anyone from invading, logistics did.

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Online commentsReaders respond to the recent letter, 'Tougher gun regulations needed to stop carnage.'John WhiteCan you explain why the GOP wants to make it harder to vote than to buy a gun? Why do